LFP - Large-Format-Printing
Mimaki at drupa 2024: Showcasing Revolutionary Printing Solution for Custom Goods
Wednesday 05. June 2024 - Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Tomi-city, Nagano, Japan; President & CEO: Kazuaki Ikeda), a leading manufacturer of industrial inkjet printers, cutting plotters, and 3D printers, will be present at drupa 2024, the worlds largest printing and media exhibition.
In line with the drupa theme “We Create the Future”, Mimaki will exhibit industrial printing solutions for custom goods set to revolutionize commercial printing at their booth in Hall 9, A04.
Custom-made goods refer to personalized items such as graphic printed T-shirts, smartphone covers, acrylic goods, and other personalized items that have seen a growing market size in recent years. Digital on-demand printing technology makes it easy to produce personalized items from a single original design. Since the launch of the world’s first desktop UV printer for on-demand printing of custom goods in 2010, Mimaki has been at the forefront of this market in the industrial print industry.
Currently, in the commercial printing market (primarily for printing paper materials such as flyers, labels, and corrugated cardboard), digital printing is advancing. Simultaneously, more companies are expected to enter the custom goods market in the future to add value to their products.
At this year’s drupa exhibition, the first in eight years, Mimaki will be showcasing a wide range of innovative custom-goods printing solution designed to be user-friendly, labor-saving and environmentally-friendly. Our featured products include :
１．M2COA : Automated Order Goods Printing Package System
Previously announced in Japan in December 2023, the M2COA printing process automation system will be unveiled for the first time the global market at drupa 2024. The system is designed to be a highly-efficient solution to address labor shortage by significantly reducing operator time in the printing process by approximately 90%. This is achieved through the automation of placement, printing instructions and collection of printed media by a robotic arm that operates in conjunction with Mimaki’s UV printers.
2. TxF300-75 : Direct – To – Film (DTF) printer for custom garments
With the TxF300-75 DTF printer, Mimaki offers a simple an reliable method for producing printwear. Compared to conventional techniques such as screen printing and the rubber transfer method, the TxF300-75 significantly simplifies the production by eliminating the intensive process of plate creation or weeding. Additionally, compared to DTG (Direct-To-Garment) printing, Mimaki’s DTF technology provides a labor-saving solution through semi-automation of the process.
3. JFX600 and CFX series : Printing + processing system for original packaging production
Mimaki will showcase the print-and-cut combo of the JFX600 series and CFX series for packaging production. The JFX600 flatbed printer series introduced a new model in March 2024, the JFX600-2531, featuring a print bed of up to 2.5m x 3.1m. Also announced at the same time, the CFX cutting plotter series offers three different flatbed size up to 2.5m x 5m. By combining these high-speed, high-quality flatbed printers and cutters, Mimaki enables the production of sustainability by reducing inventory and CO2 emissions from disposal.
Other Products and Technologies on Display
– Pearl pigment ink (reference exhibit based on samples on display)
– Neo-Chromato process (technology exhibit): technology to decolorize ink from banners and tablecloths to enable reuse.
– Entry-level sublimation transfer printer: TS100-1600
– Entry-level desktop cutting plotter: CG-60AR
– Order goods printing system and cylindrical shape printing option: UJF-6042MkIIe + Kebab HS
– Roll printer enabling 3D texture expression by 2.5D printing: UCJV330 series
At Mimaki Engineering, we will continue to pursue the realization of “beauty and speed” demanded by our customers by constantly striving for new technological innovation under our management vision of “newness and difference”.